<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>school districts with schools not making adequate yearly progress; appropriating <br/>
<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 122A.61, by adding a <br/>
<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>subdivision.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 122A.61, is amended by adding a <br/>
<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>subdivision to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Supplementary staff development aid.</b> (a) A school district that is <br/>
<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>categorized by the Department of Education as either "not making sufficient progress" <br/>
<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>or "needs assistance" in reaching the levels of adequate yearly progress required by the <br/>
<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>No Child Left Behind Act and that meets the qualifications of paragraph (d) is eligible <br/>
<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>for supplementary staff development aid.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>    (b) Supplementary staff development aid equals two percent of the formula <br/>
<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>allowance for that year times the number of adjusted marginal cost pupil units attending <br/>
<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>sites within the school district that are categorized as not making sufficient progress or <br/>
<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>needs assistance.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>    (c) The staff development aid received under this section must be reserved and used <br/>
<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>for staff development activities under this section and section 
<statute_ref>122A.60</statute_ref>. Supplementary <br/>
<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>staff development aid must be allocated according to a plan adopted by the school board.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>    (d) In order to qualify for revenue under paragraph (a) a district must: <br/>
<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>    (1) operate a high school that has a mobility rate in excess of 25 percent;<br/>
<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>    (2) operate a school site where the percentage of free and reduced lunch eligible <br/>
<a id="pl.1.24"></a><var>1.24</var>students exceeds 50 percent; and <br/>
<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>    (3) be contiguous to, or have boundaries that include, a portion of a city that has <br/>
<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>more than 60,000 residents.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for revenue for fiscal year 2008.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.2.0"></a><a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>    Sec. 2. <b>APPROPRIATION.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>$....... is appropriated in fiscal year 2008 from the general fund to the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>of education for payment of supplementary staff development aid under section 1.<br/>